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Turner Classics line-up based on prof's research

Jay Newell's research on product placement in movies underlies the March film package on the cable network Turner
Classic Movies. The 12 movies feature subtle and
not-so-subtle use of brand-name items as movie props.

Two Iowa State colleges to host Career Day Feb. 23

The colleges of Business and Liberal Arts and Sciences will
host a Career Day from 1 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 23, in Hilton Coliseum,
Iowa State Center. The event is free and open to the public. Free bus
transportation is provided from campus.

ISU scientist lauds genomics progress

The past decade has yielded new genomic tools for animal
geneticists and breeders, thanks to significant developments in
genomic mapping of farm animals, an Iowa State animal
scientist said recently at the meeting of the American Assn. for the
Advancement of Science.

Search begins for dean of new college

The search for the first dean of Iowa State's College of Human Sciences is under way. Two current ISU colleges (Family and Consumer Sciences and Education) will be combined into the new College of Human Sciences on July 1.

On the "Today Show"

ISU alumnus Sean McLaughlin spoke with Alumni Assn. director Jeff Johnson (right) during the weather segment of NBC's "Today Show" Feb. 13. McLaughlin fills in for Al Roker on "The Today Show" and is MSNBC's weather anchor. Johnson and other Alumni Assn. staff were in New York City for several alumni events.

In the news

City dwellers plow money into farmland

The Los Angeles Times

In Iowa, close to 40 percent of the farmland sold last year went to investors, many of them from out of state. That's a dramatic shift from just a decade ago, said Mike Duffy, ISU economics professor and Extension economist.

Alum featured on "Good Morning America"

ABC News

Iowa State architecture alum and former faculty member Bryan Berg (AKA "The Cardstacker") tackles the New York City skyline on ABC's Good Morning America to raise donations for tsunami relief charities. Working 18-hour days since Feb. 11 in GMA's Times Square studio, Berg has recreated landmark buildings with 178, 000 cards--one for each victim of the natural disaster. Berg and his creation will be featured again on Monday, Feb. 21, 7-9 a.m.